derivative
ഡെറിവേറ്റീവ്
definition
noun
a derivative of the system was chosen for the Marine Corps’ V-22 tilt rotor aircraft
something that is based on another source.
adjective
an artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative
(typically of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.
example
Every barbarian language had an equivalent term, and all of them were based on a 'derivative' of that language's word for fury.
For a musical about one the century's most original artists, there was a whole lot of 'derivative' going on.
The hull is a new design rather than a 'derivative' of an older system.
All art, all thought was a creative activity, not an imitative or 'derivative' one.
It's equally hard to find good things to say about the meandering plot or the 'derivative' music of the film.
Buyers were delighted to have something to sell, but I felt that the show was too 'derivative' , and betrayed a lack of the energy and fire that made him such an entertaining part of our fashion week.
For example, the alcohol 'derivative' of methane is methanol and of ethane is ethanol.
Moricizine is a phenothiazine 'derivative' , without significant activity on the dopaminergic system.
Permit others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and 'derivative' works based upon it only for noncommercial purposes.
For example, methyl butyrate, a 'derivative' of butyric acid, smells like apples.
This is because they buy complex 'derivative' products to mirror the performance of the underlying stock market index or indices which are not transparently priced.
The state-of-the-art animation techniques and the space flight sequences look impressive, but fail to inject any excitement into the lifeless and 'derivative' plot.
The term tempura is a 'derivative' of the Portuguese tempuras, meaning Friday, the day on which Christians were forbidden to consume meat.
I suppose she is a cultural phenomenon that cannot be ignored, but I find her programme, and the 'derivative' imitators to be deadly dull and no substitute for actual thought.
The following applet, for example, helps observe the relations between a function and its 'derivative' and integral with not a single formula involved.
This assumption has moreover been used to portray Native American writing as 'derivative' and imitative of Western literary traditions.
The curators must exhibit art that clearly demonstrates the relationship between the two schools - which often means showing the modern work that is most 'derivative' of the Spanish example.
They called the wine tintashu, combining the Japanese word for sake with a 'derivative' of the Portuguese word for red.
However, he is not a 'derivative' imitator of classic Japanese cinema, but one of its original though sadly neglected film-makers.
The word nucleus is a 'derivative' of the Latin word nux, meaning nut or kernel.
With gameplay more 'derivative' of the Harlem Globetrotters than the NBA, players bust insane ankle-breaking moves to confuse and fake out opponents on their way to the hoop.
And so I started switching from these endless 'derivative' novels to trying to write parts for actors, and I've been doing so ever since.
In 1913 he was overwhelmed by the European modernism exhibited at the Armory Show and his style entered an eclectic, 'derivative' phase, influenced by Gauguin, Matisse, and van Gogh.
This underscores the 'derivative' nature of his performance and this movie.
Instead, it is a mélange of mainstream-friendly comedy and storytelling on the theme of love - brutally honest and quite funny, if somewhat 'derivative' .
When you are depressed and isolated anything you write is totally 'derivative' and self-obsessed.
He related the ornament, as we do today to the art of such insular manuscripts as the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow; indeed, he saw Pictish art as 'derivative' from these sources.
The name of the plant descends from Old English rapum ‘turnip’, while the crime is a 'derivative' of the Latin verb rapere ‘to seize’.
The whole album is so fresh and so distantly related to anything that has come out in years that it begs for attention in a sea of Pop Idols, 'derivative' rock/metal and endless amounts of Hip Hop.
Foreign banks have a more sophisticated system for evaluating and pricing credit risks associated with 'derivative' products.
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